Module manager: Bee Bond
Email: b.bond@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
This module is not approved as an Elective
By completing the module, you will reach an in-depth understanding and be able to critique current knowledge and issues in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) related to teaching and learning theories, approaches and practices. You will also be asked to demonstrate the development in your understanding of the field gained over the duration of the module and to show how your own questioning and challenging of current knowledge in EAP has progressed and/or changed your own practices.
The main focus of this module is teaching practice that focuses on developing an understanding of academic communication. It is therefore important that you develop an understanding of the range of contexts and genres in and through which academic communication takes place. This will help you to plan and critique lessons and teaching materials that aim to support students to develop their language for academic purposes.
You will consider the importance of understanding the needs of students within the context of their studies, and think about the relationship between students, academics from their disciplines and EAP academics in meeting these needs. You will explore the range of pedagogical approaches available to practitioners and consider the importance of needs analysis in supporting pedagogy and syllabus development.
You will apply this work to your own practice by teaching and observing classes in academic communication within a specific context.
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
Pedagogical knowledge:
1. Plan and critique a lesson or teaching unit for a specific academic context.
Discipline Knowledge:
2. Analyse academic communication and discourse for the purposes of teaching
3. Draw on current issues and research to evaluate pedagogical value of a lesson.
Research and professional competency
4. Provide sensitive and developmental feedback on the teaching of others
Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
Pedagogical knowledge:
5. Practically apply knowledge of the field to teaching practice
Research and professional competency
6. Demonstrate a reflexive approach to your own teaching practice
Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supervision | 5 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| Lectures | 10 | 0.5 | 5 |
| seminars | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| seminars | 11 | 1 | 11 |
| Practicals | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Independent online learning hours | 40 | ||
| Private study hours | 228.5 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 31.5 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 300 | ||
For each of the components of the portfolio, students will have the opportunity to undertake a practice task and gain peer and tutor feedback on it to help inform their final task submissions. This will be integrated into the learning plan for the semester.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | Portfolio | 100 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Deadlines for submission of different aspects of the portfolio will be set at different points throughout the semester to allow for feedforward into the following tasks.
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 03/03/2025
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